Ireneus
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God did not give dream to Pharaoh
by Ireneus inthough joseph declared ‘interpretation of dream belong to god’ (genesis 40:8; 41:16) what joseph supposedly presented as interpretation from god brings reproach on god himself because it implies god is responsible for famine which would mean natural calamities are caused by god.
(genesis 41:32) why should god spread untruth about himself?
things happen as part of a flow of events due to various factors and forces acting together.
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Are you doing your part???
by James Mixon inare you sinning?
do we want jesus death to be in vain.
we must not forget, if you never sin jesus died for nothin.
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God is in no necessity to communicate with mankind
by Ireneus inhere is an interesting incident reported in the bible.. judah (the fourth son of jacob), the founder of the israelite tribe of judah, slept with her daughter-in-law tamar when she showed herself up as a prostitute in disguise.
(genesis 38:16, 17) “about three months later judah was told: "your daughter-in-law tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.
" judah said, "bring her out and have her burned to death!
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A Field Service that gave a shock to the CO
by Ireneus induring one co visit to our congregation, i was asked to work with co as i was a new publisher.
after some ordinary visits, we entered a house where there was only a lady who proved be well-educated.
though it was my turn, i told co to present the good news.
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Thanks, but no thanks!
by FadeToBlack inthat was essentially my reply to a recent sms i got from the elder of the group i am supposed to be in, requesting a visit to encourage me and get to know me better.
my wife has been attending english language meetings in warsaw for the last year or so (i have never been) and i think they are getting antsy about where i stand.
i've met many of them at events my wife hosted at our house, but so far nobody has pressed me on the issue of my inactivity.. at one of the events, an elder mentioned that he'd heard i 'had been' a jw for many years and he was curious what first attracted me to the org.
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Some of the vital teachings of the Bible are later interpolations, says Bible writer Habakkuk
by Ireneus inso small a book, yet habakkuk answers too big questions.. 1) god did not ask israelites to plunder other nations (habakkuk 2:8).
2) god did not authorize eating of flesh of other living beings.
(habakkuk 1:15) uninspired bible writers invented a story of noah’s flood which meant all plant lives got destroyed which necessitated the eating of flesh of living beings (ironically, as though god commanded noah to eat the flesh of the very living beings god supposedly commanded him to save through ark taking two of all creatures).
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Disproving one verse of the Bible means proving another verse!
by Ireneus inlast week’s newsweek magazine (february 10, 2018) made a surgical strike on jws teaching that soul is something that can be “destroyed” (mathew 10:28) and man is ‘dust unto which he would return’ (genesis 3:19) when its article (the increasing signs that human consciousness remains after death) made this conclusion: soul “does not become annihilated just because we’ve crossed the threshold of death.” (http://www.newsweek.com/where-do-you-go-when-you-die-increasing-signs-human-consciousness-after-death-800443) interestingly, bible also contains verses that show man has an eternal aspect (eccl 3:5; 12:7).. science is now in the right direction in line with the prediction francis crick, co-discoverer of the double-helix dna, made: “it is not true that mere firing of neurons in the brain could indicate consciousness….
physics has yet to explain how consciousness could come about through firing of neuron in the brain.”.
this also explains why some of the gospels were not included in the canon.
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Inconsistency involving Lot and Abraham
by Ireneus inwhen god informed of his intention of destroying the wicked inhabitants of sodom and gomorrah abraham made extensive questioning, cross-questioning and bargaining with god till he gets satisfied.
(genesis 18:16-33) however, when god informed of his intention of murdering abraham’s own only-begotten, innocent son, he simply obeys without any questionings [which he should naturally have done more intensely than he did in the case of unrelated wicked people].. god too acted strangely!
no introduction of the subject with sufficient reasons.
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John the Baptist has no heavenly hope?
by Ireneus injws teach that john the baptist would not inherit kingdom of heaven.
however, there are problems with this teaching.. john’s mother elizabeth was both barren and too old to conceive.
(luke 1:7) birth of john was an act of “holy spirit.” (luke 1:15) then we find jesus saying: “among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than john the baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven [“kingdom of god,” luke 7:28] is greater than he.” (mathew 11:11; luke 7:28).
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What is the blindness Jesus referred to in Mathew 15:14?
by Ireneus inin the context of speaking about human teaching and its teachers (mathew 15:8, 9) jesus said: “they are blind guides.
if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” (mathew 15:14).
its application need not be too limited because what is being subjected to our senses is very limited.